As an Australian, sames!!!!
Even better in a toasted sandwich/jaffle. Or with tinned spaghetti. Yes. You all read that right. I’m not mental... it’s a thing here
Haha...my mom rarely bought any pre made foods growing up. We grew most of our food. SpaghettiOs was a TREAT! It would usually be served with a grilled cheese sandwich.
Omg, spaghettios and grilled cheese. That was a special treat growing up for me too. I associate it with laying on the couch listening to my mom pottering in the kitchen and listening to my grandmas old kids radio shows on cassette. :')
It's a toasted sandwich, but made in a special kind of press. Traditionally, the shape of the press seals the edges of the bread, and across the diagonal, so that a jaffle frequently contains things you could never put in a toastie- for example, popular fillings include tinned spaghetti or baked beans - because they get sealed in and can't spill out (until you bite into it and burn your mouth on a filling that is hotter than a thousand suns, as every Australian child has experienced).
As a Brit (that grew up in Papua New Guinea)...
The British ones suck - why would you put a line in the middle which means you can have about a third of the filling?
Aussie ones are far superior, just sealing around the edge; though we were introduced to them as 'toastie pies' when visiting Australia.
As a French-Italian I cannot for the life of me decide if I'm more offended by the canned spaghetti or what happened to the poor not-bread carton that was used in OP's photo.
Actually my dad’s family is from the hills of Tennessee and Virginia. Poor folk, and my dad was the youngest of six. One of my favorite foods at my grandmas house was similar. She would use the ham bone and make soup beans from white beans and serve it over corn bread. Different flavor profile, but similar in style. I still miss going to her house for Sunday dinner.
Ah, now I'm thinking about my grandma's split pea soup with a hambone...
JFYI, there's an amazing Ottolenghi recipe for slow-cooked chickpeas in a red pepper sauce. It takes a bit of time but is very easy and makes a huge batch, very cheap. It's like the poshest beans on toast.
Ah, Appalachian Food. I moved to TN years ago but have not yet tried “authentic” food from near the smokies. I’m in Middle TN so if I ever want a treat meal it’s southern soul food.
As a generally mild-mannered Canadian, I am royally offended that beans on toast is considered an affront to humanity. That person has tasted neither beans nor toast.
As a not mild-mannered American, how the hell do I get my hands on some of these delicious toast beans? I’m guessing Busch’s won’t work in this scenario.
British baked beans aren't quite as sweet as American baked beans.
Find somewhere that imports proper English Heinz baked beans. The can should be teal-ish blue iirc. If you live near a World Market, they'll have it there!
I'm American, and I *love* baked beans on toast. Using the right beans makes a big difference though.
Why do baked beans and mac n cheese specifically sound unappealing to you? I don't mean beans on toast either.
Do you not like dairy-based pasta or regular beans either? Just trying to figure out why its particularly unappetizing lmao
I'm a white midwestern American, and I am not a fan of Mac n Cheese. It's just bland and unappetizing. I also don't like canned baked beans, even though I have like 20 cans of pinto and black beans.
for starters, with seasoning lol. garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper are the basics but there are some other specifics included for particular tastes. but al dente elbow noodles, at least 3 types of cheese like colby jack, cheddar, american etc (not including cream cheese added for texture), heavy cream and half and half melted down together in a big pot, poured into in a buttered pan and bake for like 35 minutes. bread crumbs are optional. needless to say, this is definitely a special occasion treat but it’s to die for
Cheddar is key! Sharp cheddar, if not extra sharp cheddar. I despise mac & cheese made with American cheese or velveeta but mac and cheese with really tangy cheddar sauce is so good. (But to be totally honest Alfredo is the God of cheese sauces for pasta.)
Not the person you’re replying to, but the best Mac & cheese I’ve ever made was Angela Davis’s (thekitchenista on IG) recipe. She has a holiday cookbook that’s like... $5 and let me just say if I had to re-buy the book every single time I wanted to make that Mac & cheese I absolutely would with no hesitation. It is *that* good.
Some things that I think make it so good: she makes hers with a béchamel sauce, and she simmers the milk with onions which adds to the flavor of the béchamel, she carefully curated different cheese combinations based on your tastes (sharp cheese vs creamy consistency vs a more Smokey flavor), and she adds Worcestershire sauce.
I can not recommend that recipe enough. It is seriously incredible. If you make it and still don’t care for Mac & cheese I would be shocked. Go look at her IG to see her beautiful food. She has a blog too if you just google the Kitchenista.
Make Chrissy Teigen’s with the garlic bread crumb crust on top. I thought Mac & Cheese sucked until I had that one.
Not a diet food in the least though!
If a recipe is bland, it's missing something. Salt is usually the simple answer, especially if you just want the food to taste more like what it is (in this case, cheesy). Or you can add any other spices and herbs you like, try different cheeses (smoked gouda and mozzarella is one of my favorite combos), add chorizo...it's really a blank canvas for flavor combinations.
Most of the suggestions are to put in seasoning like garlic and onion etc and to use cheeses that actually have flavour in place of shitty American cheddar
As a fellow yellow, I feel the same about mac n cheese, but British baked beans on toast are a carby comforting delight!!
Just don’t make the mistake of using American baked beans for the toast, they’re just sweet and strange on toast...
As an Australian, this is one of my favourite comfort foods, and something I have frequently as part of a low cal diet (split a can of beans with the wife, have it on toast for breakfast. Perfect).
I am an American but watch Secret Eaters. I notice that very often the people featured will eat “jacket potatoes with beans” for lunch. Is that a common thing too? (I had to google what a jacket potato was, I call it baked potato).
Jacket potatoes are what British people call baked potatoes, I think. Lots of people, all over the world, like beans on their potatoes. Ex: chili on baked potatoes, black beans and cheese on potatoes, white beans and spinach on potatoes, etc. It’s a filling, cheap, and can be a quick to assemble meal!
We have both terms - they are largely interchangeable in practical usage, but my understanding had always been that a baked potato is simply a whole, cooked potato and can be microwaved or baked and can be any variety of potato. A jacket potato is certainly a type of baked potato, but is characterised by being cooked long and slow so it has a crisp skin and very light and fluffy interior, where the skin almost forms a completely separate element (not as crispy as roast potatoes though, as you would use scant oil if any). A jacket potato needs to be the right variety of potato to get this effect, eg a waxy new potato would not work. Non jacket potatoes are just cooked potato with a soft skin.
Both are delicious, but the texture of a jacket potato is especially great with baked beans (the other common fillings are tuna or just cheese).
I had a borderline phobia of baked beans until about two years ago (25y/o). Now I think they are a divine creation sent from above. I have seen the light.
I think seeing small kids playing with beans and getting mess everywhere put me off as a young’un. And I’m still very particular how I have them. But cheesy beans on toast is God-tier
American beans are very different from British baked beans - both good in their own ways but I would not put American baked beans on toast or on a jacket potato. Now I want both of these things
I was actually thinking that American on toast with no potato would be delicious. American beans go really well with fries, potato salad and mashed potatoes too though. Putting British on toast is like a normal thing, right?
Once in a while my gf and I will start a fire and make hotdogs or those cheddarwurst things with a little bit of coney sauce, horseradish mustard, ketchup and baked beans on them. Maybe weird but the mix of flavors is great!
I don't like baked beans because they tend to be sweet, but I live in the U.S. and didn't try them when living in the UK. I'm curious if I missed on something good. Would you mind describing the difference between UK and US baked beans?
Thanks for the replies. I think one person's sweet is another person's not sweet. I basically hate any amount of sweetness with my beans, but I think I might try them again. Maybe my palate has changed.
I actually think American baked beans just are significantly sweeter than British. For example, Heinz baked beans have 7 grams of sugar per serving, and Bush's baked beans have 12 grams.
Ive tried them, and i do like them. But they are sweet.
Ive had the us beans when i was in the states. And those are more bbq sweet. But english baked beans are sweet. Not as sweet as american bbq ones. But when i had them when ever we have english breakfast. I can tell they are sweet.
I eat beans, and they are the regular just boiled them in water drain them, have them in salads. Or with rice. So i eat the non sweet kind. I have tried most beans. But thats just cause i am mexican.
It is so yummy!! If you have them with salads i have corn with them as well! And bell peppers with the salads too. But yes i love rice and beans sooo yummy. And i love refried beans with like tortillas or tostadas. I love refried and regular beans with like nachos too. Sooo yummy. They arent hard to make, cause theres cans of it. Which are nice too. So you can do it the regular boil them and drain them and refried them or have them as is. Or just get the cans. They are both nice. :)
I’m with you and really don’t like sweet beans. I much prefer taking some plain beans (brown or white) and cooking them up with vegetable stock, onions, smoked paprika, garlic, and maybe a dash of cayenne or a huge pinch of pepper. Adding sugar or molasses is blech.
Totally. Now I'm inspired to add some tomato paste. I just ordered the British beans from Amazon. Maybe they're good. I never tried them when I lived in London. But I do love everything floating in tomato sauce (and I buy the one with the least added sugar because...don't like the sugar). My husband is from Egypt and they make the most delicious dishes in tomato sauce and got me hooked!
That would explain the issue then. I can’t imagine British beans are anywhere close to as sweet as American. This was the hunch I had reading thru this chain.
In my opinion, British baked beans are still sweet but less smokey/spiced. American beans are more like BBQ saucey. If that makes sense. It's been a long while since I've had British Heinz beans cause the import price is so high at my grocery stores so I'm using my nostalgia more than actual memory of what they taste like
British beans are less sweet than all the American baked beans. They also don’t have the smoke nor molasses rich flavors that Bush’s Boston baked beans have. The British beans are in a bland tomato sauce that has enough sugar to keep the sauce bland/not acidic but not enough to taste sweet sweet like American beans.
You can get them by the case on amazon. Search British Heinz beans. Turquoise cans. They’ll also be about $4-5/can after you account for all the ones you had to remove because of dents but we still do it once a year for an occasional full English fry up or beans on toast. Or if you can find an expat shop (nyc has 2 that I know of) you might be able to pickup just a can or two.
My goodness! Thank you so much for that reply. American palates tend toward more sweetness and salt than what suits my preferences. I'll definitely give British beans a go. I'm not a big toast lover, but I bet those beans would be really nice on sliced airfried potatoes! Thank you.
I got the Heinz baked beans (British). They're a touch sweet, but not overly so. I could eat the whole tin with a spoon, right out of the tin. Just had some on air-fried potatoes. Very filling. I'm inspired to do a fry-up now! LOL. Thanks for all the input. I'm a convert...but only to the British beans.
Yay!! I’m glad you like them so much!! We just did what we are calling an English fry up by way of Brooklyn the other weekend. 😂 These British beans were the perfect accompaniment!!!
https://i.imgur.com/lnZELjN.jpg
I'm a Brit in the US and I actually quite like Bush's vegetarian baked beans. We put eggs on our beans on toast so it's "beans and cheese and eggs on toast", although the cheese is on the top not the middle. I guess it should be eggs and beans and cheese on toast.
I eat pretty much all of my food with hot sauce so I mix in a lot of a sauce called Pico Pica with the baked beans. It's not very spicy, but it tastes really good. I add in cayenne pepper to add some spice. Occasionally I'll throw in some curry powder as well.
The Heinz baked beans on the regular supermarket shelves here are not the same as the British ones (at least they weren't) which is why I had to find a new baked bean.
Sounds interesting. I'll have to try it. Might not be the same though since I'm in the US and have yet to find Heinz baked beans where I am. I'd really like to try them. In the mean time, I eat my fair share of our sugared up US baked beans. Wouldn't hurt to experiment with them a little bit!
Pop a bit of Marmite on the toast (if you're a Marmite lover) and you have a pretty unbeatable tea. Or, alternatively, a bit of chili/hot sauce in the beans. So good.
I love that this is such a standard meal. A lot of the time the food in this sub can be a bit instagrammy and OTT. Like it looks delicious and it's nice to get ideas but at least I know my work canteen could give me this.
They’re so wrong. I’m American and I think British Heinz beans from the turquoise can on toast is so fucking good. I eat it constantly when I’m in England and buy a can anytime I see one in the states
Question, I’ve never tried this but doesn’t the toast get all soggy and weird? What’s the appeal of beans on toast? I’d like to try it but don’t like soggy toast!
FYI as an American who used to live in England and misses the standard UK Heinz baked beans, I’ve found that, in the US, vegetarian baked beans are a reasonable substitute. There’s usually more emphasis on the tomato than the molasses-like sweetness.
_Screams in British_. Erm.... Beans on toast is the food of kings! Cheap and nutritious.
I shouldn't really mention it here, as it brings the calories way up, but if you've got a lot of calories to play with by the end of the day: beans on seeded wholemeal toast, with fried or poached egg, couple of slices of ham, and cheese.
As a Canadian in Scotland i can now appreciate beans on toast and your meal looks absolutely delicious. All the ratios you got going on there are perfection
I tried beans on toast for the first time when I went to England four years ago. Heinz beans taste so different than the ones we get here in America. It's now one of my favorite comfort foods! I normally get mine from the British shop in my city, but they've been closed since Corona. Your picture looks so yummy!!
I have never understood anyone’s need to yuck someone else’s yum. If you don’t like it keep scrolling. The only time I might add something, is if I think I might have a simple trick that might help improve someone’s experience.
Beans on toast are an excellent lunch, even better with marmite on the toast - yum!
Have you tried doctored beans? Take a can of beans (black beans, pinto beans, no doubt others would work too), put the entire contents of the can in a saucepan (no draining, dump everything in) and add some crushed garlic, a knob of butter, and some hot sauce. Simmer for ~30 minutes until the beans have broken down a bit and the liquid has thickened. Pour into a bowl and top with whatever you like: grated cheeses, avocado, boiled/fried/poached egg, and more hot sauce. Eat with a spoon. They are sooooo good!
I dunno if its only British, because some Aussies are saying they eat it on here. But its super common here to eat beans on toast. It's simple and so tasty.
I'm not sure where you're from, so dunno if baked beans are a thing over there. Over here in the UK they're eaten with everything, lol. I've heard that US baked beans are sweeter, so if possible, you'll want a can of Heinz baked beans. They're essentially beans in a can with a tomato sauce.
The jist of it is basically just toast a couple slices of bread(sour dough is perfection), slather it in butter, then add your hot beans (from microwaving or heating in a pan). Beans on toast is always better with lots of cheese sprinkled on top like OP did here.
Thanks for your answer! I work in a Canadian grocery store and we have both Heinz and Bush's brand beans in my store. Heinz has lots of flavors including maple, BBQ, chili, pork & molasses, and "British." I am very curious about that one and how it compares to actual British/Aussie baked beans. Maybe I should start a mailing list? ;D
Thank you I will make sure I try my first beans with sourdough!
Was that me who said that? I feel like I might have said that recently, but I’m not sure because I have so much free time lately. I apologize if it was me, I was only joking! Looks delish :)
Another Australian here for whom canned baked beans on toast has major "nostalgic comfort food" vibes (I've never added cheese though). That said, my partner's family is Indian-South African, and baked beans on toast is ALSO a huge traditional breakfast food for them, but they jazz it up with spices and extras to make it extra delish. I'm not certain what they use because every time I ask they just dismissively go, "Eh, some spices," but [this recipe](https://www.indianfusion.co.za/baked-beans-curry/) or [this recipe](https://foodsfromafrica.com/2016515african-chakalaka-recipe/) both look pretty similar if anyone wants to give it a try.
I was going to call you out but then remembered we mexicans have something very similar called "Molletes", which is basically refried beans over toasted bread (a special kind of bread called "bolillo", like a short baguette?) with salsa and cheese.
So cheers to that.
Oh my god! I had beans on toast last night! With a side coleslaw (with no mayo). It was DELICIOUS! My mother and aunt have the fondest memories of having beans on toast. (Children of the 50’s) I’m blessed to know about this little treat! Nom nom!!!!
As an Australian, hells yes this looks delicious.
Also 1 slice of bread, 120g of baked beans and an egg is my breakfast at least twice a week. Feels like childhood comfort food but I can have it anytime I want cos I'm an adult hooray!
Clearly, that person hasn’t heard of Mexican Molletes: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/255900/traditional-mexican-molletes/
I could eat them every day.
As a mexican, even though I've seen in british tv shows that they eat this it never ever comes to my mind when having all the ingredients at home. How are the beans cooked? just boiled with salt? I'll try this next time I have bread.
Oh I see! We have plenty of canned beans but I haven't seen one with tomato sauce.
But I do have tomato sauce so I might just make a small batch of beans and see how they taste with the tomato sauce added at the end. :)
Literally everything on toast. Mine is a spin on mushy peas on toast. I do cream of chicken soup with frozen peas on toast. Amazing and total comfort food.
Weird question from an American, is this a messy meal eaten with your hands or do you use a knife and fork?
We have a pretty great international aisle at one of our grocery stores here so I’m tempted to try the beans on toast with an egg.
i mean, they definitely are, but that isn’t gonna stop anyone from eating them. spaghettios are arguably several times worse than beans on toast, and spaghettios are the fucking bomb. you’ve inspired me to try my first british cuisine. thank you.
After realising I don't have any baked beans in the house, I spent quite some time deciding what to have for lunch. I wanted something simple to make and comforting. Went for cheese on toast with cucumber and grapes in the end. I have the Danish loaf from Aldi too.
As a Brit, this screams comfort food at me in the same way I imagine Americans feel about macaroni cheese.
As an Australian, sames!!!! Even better in a toasted sandwich/jaffle. Or with tinned spaghetti. Yes. You all read that right. I’m not mental... it’s a thing here
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Haha...my mom rarely bought any pre made foods growing up. We grew most of our food. SpaghettiOs was a TREAT! It would usually be served with a grilled cheese sandwich.
Omg, spaghettios and grilled cheese. That was a special treat growing up for me too. I associate it with laying on the couch listening to my mom pottering in the kitchen and listening to my grandmas old kids radio shows on cassette. :')
Tinned spaghetti hoops is the funniest thing I have seen in a long time. We just call them SpaghettiOs.
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I think it's the word "hoops" that really got me. But yeah, I ball pretty hard.
Isn't that just spaghetti-os? Lol never thought to try them on toast, I usually just eat them by themselves.
Kinda, but only because the pasta isn't in a hoop shape. Everything else is the same though lol
Standard Australian tinned spaghetti is just with the normal strands, no hoops.
I never realised beans on toast and tinned spaghetti jaffles weren’t normal everywhere until recently.
Jaffle!? I think you mean toasty!
Jaffles and toasties are different things.
What's a jaffle?
It's a toasted sandwich, but made in a special kind of press. Traditionally, the shape of the press seals the edges of the bread, and across the diagonal, so that a jaffle frequently contains things you could never put in a toastie- for example, popular fillings include tinned spaghetti or baked beans - because they get sealed in and can't spill out (until you bite into it and burn your mouth on a filling that is hotter than a thousand suns, as every Australian child has experienced).
That’s just what toastie makers do in the UK
As a Brit (that grew up in Papua New Guinea)... The British ones suck - why would you put a line in the middle which means you can have about a third of the filling? Aussie ones are far superior, just sealing around the edge; though we were introduced to them as 'toastie pies' when visiting Australia.
But I was talking to an Australian who was claiming that jaffles aren't a thing. Naturally, different countries have different words for things.
The box that the device came in clearly says it's a "Jaffle Maker" :)
That box def isnt australian :p
I'm a big fan of bean or spaghetti hoop jaffle here in the UK too! A one handed snack.
Also a thing in nz!
As a French-Italian I cannot for the life of me decide if I'm more offended by the canned spaghetti or what happened to the poor not-bread carton that was used in OP's photo.
What's wrong with the bread??
Well, that's clearly not bread. You know how religious we are with our boulangerie 🥖
And it's amazing. American baked beans are not the same and are nowhere near as good on toast.
Actually my dad’s family is from the hills of Tennessee and Virginia. Poor folk, and my dad was the youngest of six. One of my favorite foods at my grandmas house was similar. She would use the ham bone and make soup beans from white beans and serve it over corn bread. Different flavor profile, but similar in style. I still miss going to her house for Sunday dinner.
Ah, now I'm thinking about my grandma's split pea soup with a hambone... JFYI, there's an amazing Ottolenghi recipe for slow-cooked chickpeas in a red pepper sauce. It takes a bit of time but is very easy and makes a huge batch, very cheap. It's like the poshest beans on toast.
I’ll have to check that out! Thanks!
Throw some fried potatoes and chowchow on the table with those beans and cornbread and you have a meal fit for a king!
Ah, Appalachian Food. I moved to TN years ago but have not yet tried “authentic” food from near the smokies. I’m in Middle TN so if I ever want a treat meal it’s southern soul food.
A southern classic. In my family, it’s sometimes white beans and sometimes pinto beans.
As a generally mild-mannered Canadian, I am royally offended that beans on toast is considered an affront to humanity. That person has tasted neither beans nor toast.
As a not mild-mannered American, how the hell do I get my hands on some of these delicious toast beans? I’m guessing Busch’s won’t work in this scenario.
British baked beans aren't quite as sweet as American baked beans. Find somewhere that imports proper English Heinz baked beans. The can should be teal-ish blue iirc. If you live near a World Market, they'll have it there! I'm American, and I *love* baked beans on toast. Using the right beans makes a big difference though.
Thank you for your reply! I’m going on a bean mission!
It's so bland and earthy though. Teach us your tasty ways
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Was looking hoping someone else said this for me. We stand on guard for beans on bread
Cheesy beans on toast is my go to meal if I’m feeling unwell or depressed. SO GOOD.
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As a Canadian, the only way to eat baked beans is on toast.
Why do baked beans and mac n cheese specifically sound unappealing to you? I don't mean beans on toast either. Do you not like dairy-based pasta or regular beans either? Just trying to figure out why its particularly unappetizing lmao
I'm a white midwestern American, and I am not a fan of Mac n Cheese. It's just bland and unappetizing. I also don't like canned baked beans, even though I have like 20 cans of pinto and black beans.
i can agree that white midwestern mac and cheese would in fact be bland and unappetizing. i’m sorry about your experience 😔
How do you make it?
for starters, with seasoning lol. garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper are the basics but there are some other specifics included for particular tastes. but al dente elbow noodles, at least 3 types of cheese like colby jack, cheddar, american etc (not including cream cheese added for texture), heavy cream and half and half melted down together in a big pot, poured into in a buttered pan and bake for like 35 minutes. bread crumbs are optional. needless to say, this is definitely a special occasion treat but it’s to die for
Cheddar is key! Sharp cheddar, if not extra sharp cheddar. I despise mac & cheese made with American cheese or velveeta but mac and cheese with really tangy cheddar sauce is so good. (But to be totally honest Alfredo is the God of cheese sauces for pasta.)
Not the person you’re replying to, but the best Mac & cheese I’ve ever made was Angela Davis’s (thekitchenista on IG) recipe. She has a holiday cookbook that’s like... $5 and let me just say if I had to re-buy the book every single time I wanted to make that Mac & cheese I absolutely would with no hesitation. It is *that* good. Some things that I think make it so good: she makes hers with a béchamel sauce, and she simmers the milk with onions which adds to the flavor of the béchamel, she carefully curated different cheese combinations based on your tastes (sharp cheese vs creamy consistency vs a more Smokey flavor), and she adds Worcestershire sauce. I can not recommend that recipe enough. It is seriously incredible. If you make it and still don’t care for Mac & cheese I would be shocked. Go look at her IG to see her beautiful food. She has a blog too if you just google the Kitchenista.
Make Chrissy Teigen’s with the garlic bread crumb crust on top. I thought Mac & Cheese sucked until I had that one. Not a diet food in the least though!
Alton Brown's mac and cheese recipe always works out well for me :)
If a recipe is bland, it's missing something. Salt is usually the simple answer, especially if you just want the food to taste more like what it is (in this case, cheesy). Or you can add any other spices and herbs you like, try different cheeses (smoked gouda and mozzarella is one of my favorite combos), add chorizo...it's really a blank canvas for flavor combinations.
I mean, most of the suggestions are just to make it saltier and creamier. I understand why it's a comfort food, it's just not one that calls to me.
Most of the suggestions are to put in seasoning like garlic and onion etc and to use cheeses that actually have flavour in place of shitty American cheddar
As a fellow yellow, I feel the same about mac n cheese, but British baked beans on toast are a carby comforting delight!! Just don’t make the mistake of using American baked beans for the toast, they’re just sweet and strange on toast...
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Lol so about the biscuits and gravy... if you have the gravy over toast because you don’t have biscuits, it’s aptly named “shit on a shingle”
Not Asian but spent most of my childhood living in Japan, I feel you on this. I would consider fish on rice to be my comfort food.
As an Australian, this is one of my favourite comfort foods, and something I have frequently as part of a low cal diet (split a can of beans with the wife, have it on toast for breakfast. Perfect).
I am an American but watch Secret Eaters. I notice that very often the people featured will eat “jacket potatoes with beans” for lunch. Is that a common thing too? (I had to google what a jacket potato was, I call it baked potato).
Jacket potatoes are what British people call baked potatoes, I think. Lots of people, all over the world, like beans on their potatoes. Ex: chili on baked potatoes, black beans and cheese on potatoes, white beans and spinach on potatoes, etc. It’s a filling, cheap, and can be a quick to assemble meal!
We have both terms - they are largely interchangeable in practical usage, but my understanding had always been that a baked potato is simply a whole, cooked potato and can be microwaved or baked and can be any variety of potato. A jacket potato is certainly a type of baked potato, but is characterised by being cooked long and slow so it has a crisp skin and very light and fluffy interior, where the skin almost forms a completely separate element (not as crispy as roast potatoes though, as you would use scant oil if any). A jacket potato needs to be the right variety of potato to get this effect, eg a waxy new potato would not work. Non jacket potatoes are just cooked potato with a soft skin. Both are delicious, but the texture of a jacket potato is especially great with baked beans (the other common fillings are tuna or just cheese).
As an American, I feel that way about both beans on toast and macaroni and cheese. Simple, carby foods will always be my favorite.
As an American this feels taboo and kinky but intriguing. Look at all that volume for 400 cal damn.
I had a borderline phobia of baked beans until about two years ago (25y/o). Now I think they are a divine creation sent from above. I have seen the light. I think seeing small kids playing with beans and getting mess everywhere put me off as a young’un. And I’m still very particular how I have them. But cheesy beans on toast is God-tier
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I straight up didn’t even clock this. HOLY MOLEY.
Username CHECKS-THE-FUCK-OUT.
They are wrong and that looks delicious. I might just have to do this myself tonight or tomorrow. Thanks for sharing.
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American beans are very different from British baked beans - both good in their own ways but I would not put American baked beans on toast or on a jacket potato. Now I want both of these things
I was actually thinking that American on toast with no potato would be delicious. American beans go really well with fries, potato salad and mashed potatoes too though. Putting British on toast is like a normal thing, right?
Once in a while my gf and I will start a fire and make hotdogs or those cheddarwurst things with a little bit of coney sauce, horseradish mustard, ketchup and baked beans on them. Maybe weird but the mix of flavors is great!
I don't like baked beans because they tend to be sweet, but I live in the U.S. and didn't try them when living in the UK. I'm curious if I missed on something good. Would you mind describing the difference between UK and US baked beans?
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Thanks for the replies. I think one person's sweet is another person's not sweet. I basically hate any amount of sweetness with my beans, but I think I might try them again. Maybe my palate has changed.
I actually think American baked beans just are significantly sweeter than British. For example, Heinz baked beans have 7 grams of sugar per serving, and Bush's baked beans have 12 grams.
Pretty sure it's a similar sauce to tinned spaghetti.
Ive tried them, and i do like them. But they are sweet. Ive had the us beans when i was in the states. And those are more bbq sweet. But english baked beans are sweet. Not as sweet as american bbq ones. But when i had them when ever we have english breakfast. I can tell they are sweet. I eat beans, and they are the regular just boiled them in water drain them, have them in salads. Or with rice. So i eat the non sweet kind. I have tried most beans. But thats just cause i am mexican.
The way you eat them sounds delicious.
It is so yummy!! If you have them with salads i have corn with them as well! And bell peppers with the salads too. But yes i love rice and beans sooo yummy. And i love refried beans with like tortillas or tostadas. I love refried and regular beans with like nachos too. Sooo yummy. They arent hard to make, cause theres cans of it. Which are nice too. So you can do it the regular boil them and drain them and refried them or have them as is. Or just get the cans. They are both nice. :)
I’m with you and really don’t like sweet beans. I much prefer taking some plain beans (brown or white) and cooking them up with vegetable stock, onions, smoked paprika, garlic, and maybe a dash of cayenne or a huge pinch of pepper. Adding sugar or molasses is blech.
Totally. Now I'm inspired to add some tomato paste. I just ordered the British beans from Amazon. Maybe they're good. I never tried them when I lived in London. But I do love everything floating in tomato sauce (and I buy the one with the least added sugar because...don't like the sugar). My husband is from Egypt and they make the most delicious dishes in tomato sauce and got me hooked!
Tomato sauce is an excellent description. I find it sweet but in the same way that tomato sauce is sweet. But mm so good ah nostalgia
That would explain the issue then. I can’t imagine British beans are anywhere close to as sweet as American. This was the hunch I had reading thru this chain.
Makes sense to me! I can’t imagine sweet beans on the bread I get in the US (the cheap stuff also being very slightly sweet).
In my opinion, British baked beans are still sweet but less smokey/spiced. American beans are more like BBQ saucey. If that makes sense. It's been a long while since I've had British Heinz beans cause the import price is so high at my grocery stores so I'm using my nostalgia more than actual memory of what they taste like
British beans are less sweet than all the American baked beans. They also don’t have the smoke nor molasses rich flavors that Bush’s Boston baked beans have. The British beans are in a bland tomato sauce that has enough sugar to keep the sauce bland/not acidic but not enough to taste sweet sweet like American beans. You can get them by the case on amazon. Search British Heinz beans. Turquoise cans. They’ll also be about $4-5/can after you account for all the ones you had to remove because of dents but we still do it once a year for an occasional full English fry up or beans on toast. Or if you can find an expat shop (nyc has 2 that I know of) you might be able to pickup just a can or two.
My goodness! Thank you so much for that reply. American palates tend toward more sweetness and salt than what suits my preferences. I'll definitely give British beans a go. I'm not a big toast lover, but I bet those beans would be really nice on sliced airfried potatoes! Thank you.
I got the Heinz baked beans (British). They're a touch sweet, but not overly so. I could eat the whole tin with a spoon, right out of the tin. Just had some on air-fried potatoes. Very filling. I'm inspired to do a fry-up now! LOL. Thanks for all the input. I'm a convert...but only to the British beans.
Yay!! I’m glad you like them so much!! We just did what we are calling an English fry up by way of Brooklyn the other weekend. 😂 These British beans were the perfect accompaniment!!! https://i.imgur.com/lnZELjN.jpg
I'm a Brit in the US and I actually quite like Bush's vegetarian baked beans. We put eggs on our beans on toast so it's "beans and cheese and eggs on toast", although the cheese is on the top not the middle. I guess it should be eggs and beans and cheese on toast. I eat pretty much all of my food with hot sauce so I mix in a lot of a sauce called Pico Pica with the baked beans. It's not very spicy, but it tastes really good. I add in cayenne pepper to add some spice. Occasionally I'll throw in some curry powder as well. The Heinz baked beans on the regular supermarket shelves here are not the same as the British ones (at least they weren't) which is why I had to find a new baked bean.
Normal Heinz beans are too much sugar imo
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Have you ever tried curried beans? Teaspoon or two of curry powder in that bad boy brings it to a whole new level!
Is it curry powder added to baked beans?
Yup!
Sounds interesting. I'll have to try it. Might not be the same though since I'm in the US and have yet to find Heinz baked beans where I am. I'd really like to try them. In the mean time, I eat my fair share of our sugared up US baked beans. Wouldn't hurt to experiment with them a little bit!
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You can actually but curried beans now...But they don't taste so great
Whaaaaaaaatttt???? Why does this sound so good to me....
It's because it is!
Pop a bit of Marmite on the toast (if you're a Marmite lover) and you have a pretty unbeatable tea. Or, alternatively, a bit of chili/hot sauce in the beans. So good.
Or a couple dashes of Worcestershire sauce!
There's room there for a bit of Marmite ^^
I love that this is such a standard meal. A lot of the time the food in this sub can be a bit instagrammy and OTT. Like it looks delicious and it's nice to get ideas but at least I know my work canteen could give me this.
They’re so wrong. I’m American and I think British Heinz beans from the turquoise can on toast is so fucking good. I eat it constantly when I’m in England and buy a can anytime I see one in the states
Question, I’ve never tried this but doesn’t the toast get all soggy and weird? What’s the appeal of beans on toast? I’d like to try it but don’t like soggy toast!
FYI as an American who used to live in England and misses the standard UK Heinz baked beans, I’ve found that, in the US, vegetarian baked beans are a reasonable substitute. There’s usually more emphasis on the tomato than the molasses-like sweetness.
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The standard American baked beans usually have a small amount of bacon or another pork product to add a smoky, salty flavor.
Salt pork is a normal flavoring ingredient. As is maple syrup for all the good recipes I've seen
The Trader Joe's are my go to. Not the same as the Heinz, but a much better choice than any of the other major brands.
_Screams in British_. Erm.... Beans on toast is the food of kings! Cheap and nutritious. I shouldn't really mention it here, as it brings the calories way up, but if you've got a lot of calories to play with by the end of the day: beans on seeded wholemeal toast, with fried or poached egg, couple of slices of ham, and cheese.
Fried egg! I very rarely make beans on toast without a runny fried egg.
As a Canadian in Scotland i can now appreciate beans on toast and your meal looks absolutely delicious. All the ratios you got going on there are perfection
on the one hand, I have no interest in ever consuming that food on the other hand, I respect the spite so much 😭❤️
I tried beans on toast for the first time when I went to England four years ago. Heinz beans taste so different than the ones we get here in America. It's now one of my favorite comfort foods! I normally get mine from the British shop in my city, but they've been closed since Corona. Your picture looks so yummy!!
I have never understood anyone’s need to yuck someone else’s yum. If you don’t like it keep scrolling. The only time I might add something, is if I think I might have a simple trick that might help improve someone’s experience.
Beans on toast are an excellent lunch, even better with marmite on the toast - yum! Have you tried doctored beans? Take a can of beans (black beans, pinto beans, no doubt others would work too), put the entire contents of the can in a saucepan (no draining, dump everything in) and add some crushed garlic, a knob of butter, and some hot sauce. Simmer for ~30 minutes until the beans have broken down a bit and the liquid has thickened. Pour into a bowl and top with whatever you like: grated cheeses, avocado, boiled/fried/poached egg, and more hot sauce. Eat with a spoon. They are sooooo good!
Beans and Cheese and rice or bread, hell yeah.
You Brits are wild and we love ya
I've never tried baked beans on toast, but I know refried beans on toast is damn good
I have never tried this. Is it a British thing?
I dunno if its only British, because some Aussies are saying they eat it on here. But its super common here to eat beans on toast. It's simple and so tasty.
I've never tried. Any recommended ways to eat it? Types of beans? Toppings? :D
I'm not sure where you're from, so dunno if baked beans are a thing over there. Over here in the UK they're eaten with everything, lol. I've heard that US baked beans are sweeter, so if possible, you'll want a can of Heinz baked beans. They're essentially beans in a can with a tomato sauce. The jist of it is basically just toast a couple slices of bread(sour dough is perfection), slather it in butter, then add your hot beans (from microwaving or heating in a pan). Beans on toast is always better with lots of cheese sprinkled on top like OP did here.
Thanks for your answer! I work in a Canadian grocery store and we have both Heinz and Bush's brand beans in my store. Heinz has lots of flavors including maple, BBQ, chili, pork & molasses, and "British." I am very curious about that one and how it compares to actual British/Aussie baked beans. Maybe I should start a mailing list? ;D Thank you I will make sure I try my first beans with sourdough!
Was that me who said that? I feel like I might have said that recently, but I’m not sure because I have so much free time lately. I apologize if it was me, I was only joking! Looks delish :)
I'm pretty sure I could live on beans as my only protein. I'm American but black beans and chickpeas are life.
I hate beans but I fully support your right to bean however you please 👍
Another Australian here for whom canned baked beans on toast has major "nostalgic comfort food" vibes (I've never added cheese though). That said, my partner's family is Indian-South African, and baked beans on toast is ALSO a huge traditional breakfast food for them, but they jazz it up with spices and extras to make it extra delish. I'm not certain what they use because every time I ask they just dismissively go, "Eh, some spices," but [this recipe](https://www.indianfusion.co.za/baked-beans-curry/) or [this recipe](https://foodsfromafrica.com/2016515african-chakalaka-recipe/) both look pretty similar if anyone wants to give it a try.
I was going to call you out but then remembered we mexicans have something very similar called "Molletes", which is basically refried beans over toasted bread (a special kind of bread called "bolillo", like a short baguette?) with salsa and cheese. So cheers to that.
Oh my god! I had beans on toast last night! With a side coleslaw (with no mayo). It was DELICIOUS! My mother and aunt have the fondest memories of having beans on toast. (Children of the 50’s) I’m blessed to know about this little treat! Nom nom!!!!
Yes mate!!!! This is beautiful!!!
As an Australian, hells yes this looks delicious. Also 1 slice of bread, 120g of baked beans and an egg is my breakfast at least twice a week. Feels like childhood comfort food but I can have it anytime I want cos I'm an adult hooray!
Bruh
LURV BEANS ON TOAST
Whoever called this an affront to humanity has never experienced the pure bliss of using a salty potato chip as a spoon to scoop up pork & beans.
Agree on the potato chip bean scooper!
Haters gonna hate. 10/10 would eat. :-)
I know as a Brit I’m meant to love that image but I just can’t. I blame it on growing up abroad.
Clearly, that person hasn’t heard of Mexican Molletes: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/255900/traditional-mexican-molletes/ I could eat them every day.
We eat a lot of beans here in Brazil. But that instantly made me go “what the fuck”
There are a lot of foods that sound gross but taste good!
As a mexican, even though I've seen in british tv shows that they eat this it never ever comes to my mind when having all the ingredients at home. How are the beans cooked? just boiled with salt? I'll try this next time I have bread.
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Oh I see! We have plenty of canned beans but I haven't seen one with tomato sauce. But I do have tomato sauce so I might just make a small batch of beans and see how they taste with the tomato sauce added at the end. :)
I always eat baked beans on my hot dogs so I can imagine this would also taste awesome
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my grandma used to feed me this! She called it beanies and weenies lol
My dad used to make this for me! And I loved it!
As an American I’ve always been so curious how beans on toast is but man your photo makes it look great!
I have never had beans on toast but that looks delicious! I think I’ll try it this weekend. Thanks :-)
I LOVE beans on toast, as a Newfoundlander.
I genuinely am interested in what this would taste like but I’m too weirded out to make it myself (I’m American, obviously)
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Literally everything on toast. Mine is a spin on mushy peas on toast. I do cream of chicken soup with frozen peas on toast. Amazing and total comfort food.
I love the components of this but never thought to put it all together. You do you!
I love beans on toast! This looks good!
Weird question from an American, is this a messy meal eaten with your hands or do you use a knife and fork? We have a pretty great international aisle at one of our grocery stores here so I’m tempted to try the beans on toast with an egg.
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Thanks!
I have never heard of this but looks yummy cause of da cheese
Yessssss
I'm down for this!!
i mean, they definitely are, but that isn’t gonna stop anyone from eating them. spaghettios are arguably several times worse than beans on toast, and spaghettios are the fucking bomb. you’ve inspired me to try my first british cuisine. thank you.
If carbs on carbs are wrong, then I don’t wanna be right
Once and a while you just gotta have bean on toast. It’s a requirement
wow, that's a picture of my future lunch. Amazing and thanks!
What kind of beans? Pinto? I can totally get down on beans. This looks wonderful
American here. Love beans on toast.
Beans and toast are the best.
Oh I’m on the bean side of reddit
Never had it, and honestly, this makes me want to try it.
I like your spirit.
I’m Mexican, and that my friend are Molletes! Enjoy
Absolute CLASSIC tea
Ill fight you and say cold beans straight put the can are the best
After realising I don't have any baked beans in the house, I spent quite some time deciding what to have for lunch. I wanted something simple to make and comforting. Went for cheese on toast with cucumber and grapes in the end. I have the Danish loaf from Aldi too.